It’s time for this year’s Eight Days of Easter Kits! Each year for the last seven years I have created a mini skein surprise kit for Easter. These are like a mini Advent calendar. This is a preorder, which means I’ll be dyeing up as many kits as there are orders. This year the colorways… Read More Eight Days of Easter Kits!
This week I dyed up some lovely silk scarves that would be great for Valentine’s Day and beyond. Meanwhile my daughter Elizabeth made some beautiful stitch markers with the same idea. They’ll make you smile all year long! Let’s start with the scarves. They are all made of fine mulberry silk, but I have a… Read More Just in Time for Valentine’s
About this time last year, I decided to create four colorways inspired by Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. I listened carefully to the music and also thought about the seasons themselves and how best to dye the colorways to match the seasons. The colorways form a complex gradient. Each season gets darker but also contains some of… Read More Four Seasons Shawl
This week I wanted to “highlight” the Handspun Highlight Scarf designed by Orange Smoothie at my request. This was my very first collaboration, and I’m still in awe of her very cool design. The scarf uses one skein of a sock-weight yarn along with about 25 yards of handspun yarn. I just made sets available… Read More Handspun Highlight Scarf
This week I have something really special for the felters and spinners among you. I dyed up 5 colorways of the loveliest kid mohair locks. I added 5 shades of sparkly Angelina and some Sari Silk too. Consider this an opportunity to play with color and texture in a new way. These are great to… Read More Sparkle and Locks
A couple weeks ago we talked about Lena Mathisson’s upcoming mystery knitalong for her Mermaid Dance shawl. It’s a crescent shawl made with sock-weight yarn, and it has lots of amazing stitches. You’ll need two contrasting colorways so the stitches show up well. If you don’t have the perfect colorway combo in your stash, I… Read More Last Chance to Order Yarn for the MKAL
This week I have a new colorway to share with you. It’s called Fuchsia Flower, and it was inspired by these beautiful tropical flowers: Here is Fuchsia Flower on Sock Perfection: …and here is a swatch I knit in stockinette: It looks great with Autumn Sunset, Burgundy Rose, and Regal. I have it available on… Read More A New Colorway, A New Pattern, and the October Club Colorway
I am super excited to announce the upcoming mystery knitalong for Lena Mathisson’s new pattern, Mermaid Dance. Mermaid Dance is a crescent shawl knitting pattern with lots of fun stitches and variation. I wish I could show it to you, but that would take all the mystery out of mystery knitalong, wouldn’t it? I can… Read More Mermaid Dance MKAL with Lena Mathisson of Softyarn Designs
This week I have a new pattern to share with you. I named it the Bermuda Triangle Shawl, and my hope is that you’ll “get lost” (in a good way) in all the fun stitches. It’s what I call a triangular crescent, and it’s similar in overall shape to my Metamorphosis Shawl but with a… Read More A New Pattern – the Bermuda Triangle Shawl
Happy birthday, America! Our beautiful country is 249 years old today, and I’m having an Independence Day sale to celebrate. Use the coupon code FIREWORKS15 to take 15% off all hand-dyed yarn, top for spinning, accessories, and knitting patterns. Click here to see everything in the sale and to add the coupon code to your cart.… Read More Independence Day Sale and Some Delightful Colorways
